Operating mechanism for gates.



No. 787,129. PATENTED APR. 11, 1905. J. E. STIRTON.

OPERATING MECHANISM FOR GATES.

APPLICATION FILED 3111.28, 1905.

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.LUIES ELLlS STIRTON, OF MONROE, \VASIHNUTON.

OPERATING MECHANISM FOR GATES- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.

787,129, dated April 11, 1905.

Application filed January 28, 1905. Serial No. 243,048.

Be it known that I, Janus ELEis S'rn-rrox, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Blonroe, in the county of Snohomish and State of \Vashington, have invented new and useful lnnn'ovements in Operating Mechanism for Gates, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to operating mechanisms for gates, and has for its principal objects the provision of means which may be readily applied to gates already erected to adapt them to be opened and closed by persons riding or at some distance from the gate.

it consists in the various features and combinations hereinafter described and more particularly claimed.

Reference is to be had to the acconn'ianying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 isaside elevation of a gate to which one embodiment of my invention is applied, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. o is an enlarged vertical sectional detail on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

l0 designates a post upon which may be hung by hinges 11 ll a gate 12 of any convenient or ordinary type, having a latch 13, which in the present instance is shown as pivoted. To the hinge-post of the gate is attached an operating member or lever H, consisting of a ring, preferably of nearly circular form, having a space 15, at each side of which arms l6 16 project inwardly toward the center, they lying substantially parallel to one another. The ring is conveniently formed from a band of sheet metal, the curved portion being prcferably concavo convex, this not only furnishing a peripheral channel, but also strengthening the structure. This operating mechanism is secured to the gate by bolts 17 or the like, extending through openings in the arms 16. it may be mounted in an inclined position with its center lying in the axis of the hinges. To the sides of the latch are secured flexible members 1S,which pass through eyes 19, pro ecting from diametrically opposite points at the outer side of the ring and 1 ing a ring having a space situated substantially ninety degrees from the plane of the gate. From these eyes the members pass about the groove in the ring for substantially a quarter of its circumference and have connected to them extensions or cords 20, which pass over pulleys 21, mounted upon posts 22, set in the ground the proper distance from the gate. Upon the end of each cord maybe secured a weight 23, by which it is held taut, this, however, not being sutlicient to raise the latch. \Vhen either of the cords is pulled downwardly, the force will be transmitted through the connected wire to lirst raise the latch, the wire slipping about the ring. Then when the latch has reached its upward limit of movement, as is indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l of the drawings, the pull will be applied to the ring as a lever having a length equal to its radius, this swinging the gate to the opposite side from the operator. It may then be closed by pulling the cord at the other side, this swinging the gate in the reverse direction and the latch riding into its groove in the ordinary manner.

It will be seen that the lever-ring may be made at a very slight expense and shipped cheaply, adapting it to be sold at a low price and applied by the purchaser to gates which are already in place. It furnishes what amounts to a continuous wheel having all the strength necessary to transmit the moving force and yet applicable to an erected structure.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combii'iation with a gate having a latch, of a ring having a space in its periphery, arms extending inwardly from the ring at each side of the space and being secured to the gate, and a member attached to the latch and coacting with the ring.

2. The combination with a gate having a latch, of a ring having a space in its periphcry, arms extending inwardly from the ring at each side of the space and being secured to' the gate, an eye mounted upon the ring, and a flexible memberattached to the latch and extending through the eye.

I). An operating member for gates comprisin its periphery, and

arms extending inwardly from the ring at each I In testimony whereof I have signed my name side of the space. to this specification 1n the presence of two sub- 4. An operating member for gates comprisscribing wltnesses.

ingaring consisting of aconcavo-eonvex band JAMES ELLIS STIRTON. 5 of sheet metal and having a space in its pe- I Witnesses:

. riphery, and arms extending inwardly from 1 HANNAH C. PETERSON,

E. J. DOLLOFI.

the ring at each side of the space. 

